Deep beneath fracking’s endless headlines—some good, some bad—lies a business fraught with risk and resilience, greed and grace…and unrelenting madness.The missteps, the abysmal timing, the pitiful, stumbling overreach, none were recent developments. All were part of an early onset failure, all wired into my DNA from the start. The symptom that was my fledgling frack company, but the cause, the reason, that was all me. I’ll make a hurried, overly zealous decision t...

"HOW SWEET IT WAS" All of Betty's dreams come true when Archie asks her to be his date at the dance. But she's forced to wake up when she can't afford to buy a new dress. Never one to sulk, Betty gets a job and with Archie at her side. She may not dance the night away, but she still gets Archie in the hilarious conclusion. In the second feature, KATY KEENE, Skipper Mason goes on a monkey chase and gets more than he bargained for. LIL JINX makes an appearance in "SOUNDS FISHY," and Archie g...

When Archie vowed to choose between Betty and Veronica once and for all, the world was shocked to learn Archie's choice was his former flame, Cheryl Blossom. This chapter picks up immediately after Archie's revelation, and goes into detail on Cheryl's past and how she came to meet the Archie teens. Features classic stories by Frank Doyle and Dan DeCarlo, framed by new sequences by Dan Parent and Bill Golliher.

DINNER FOR ONEBetty dons her Superteen costume and goes head to head with the consumer, only to find his appetite is too much for her. About to admit defeat, Jughead comes to her rescue and challenges the evil Consumer to a battle of the stomachs. Can Riverdales bottomless pit defeat the insatiable Consumer? Find out in the conclusion of DINNER FOR ONE.

For more than a decade, former basketball coach Dan Doyle has been traveling the country, speaking to student-athletes and their parents about their involvement in and dedication to every sport imaginable. As founder and executive director of the Institute of International Sport at the University of Rhode Island, Doyle has attended his fair share of sporting events and has heard countless stories about confrontations taking place on and off the court between coaches, players, parents, and ...

Archie as Pureheart the Powerful in Postage Due When a disgruntled ex-postal worker turns his aggression towards those who formerly employed him, its up to Pureheart to stop him! Holding Mr. Lodge responsible, the wealthy industrialist is put in harms way when the villain seeks revenge on him. Will Pureheart be able to thwart the anti-mail man before he can sabotage the postal service for good?

Blondes, brunettes, beach balls and bikinis—now you can cherish the innocence of summer days gone by with this paperback edition collecting the earliest stories from the hard-to-find BETTY & VERONICA SUMMER FUN editions of the ARCHIE GIANT SERIES! Whether chasing after hunky new lifeguards, modeling the latest swimwear or putting up with Archie and Reggie's goofy rivalry for their affections, Betty and Veronica are truly the queens of summer!

It is 1989, and Jim Keating has hit absolute rock bottom. He’s lost his wife to cancer, his house to bankruptcy, and his job as a college basketball coach to what many outsiders believed to be a racially insensitive career-ending decision. He has also just about lost his mind, having slipped into a bout of serious depression. Attempting to pick up the pieces and start life over, Jim returns home to Worcester and rents a small apartment.Word gets out that the legendary Jim Keating h...

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns after a brief hiatus with a selection of fiction and nonfiction for the discerning mystery reader. This issue's stories include:LH’s LEGACY, by Rochelle CampbellROOKER, by Laird LongPENNWOOD AVENUE, by Sanford Zane MeschkowABOVE SUSPICION, by Victoria WeisfeldIDYLLWILD, by Michael HemmingsonMOTIVE, by Marc BilgreyTHE CURIOUS CASE OF ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, by Gary LovisiTHE DAYTIME SERIAL...

Jody’s Got Your Cadillac is a funny, sexy and romantic novel based on a true story that starts in 1968 - the era of free love, great music and crazy protest movements that polarize the nation. Three teens, Rowdy, Big Owl and Easy work in the western Colorado cherry harvest. Rowdy is fired after a terrifying tractor wreck and the adventure begins when they meet the Knutson sisters - Dove, Stormy and Alala. Dove and Rowdy fall madly in love. At her ur...

Jody’s Got Your Cadillac is a funny, sexy and romantic novel based on a true story that starts in 1968 - the era of free love, great music and crazy protest movements that polarize the nation.Three teens, Rowdy, Big Owl and Easy work in the western Colorado cherry harvest. Rowdy is fired after a terrifying tractor wreck and the adventure begins when they meet the Knutson sisters - Dove, Stormy and Alala.Dove and Rowdy fall madly in love. At her urging, Rowdy and Big Owl dro...

Deck the halls with smiles and laughter! For over fifty years, Archie and his friends have delighted readers with festive yuletide tales. The first Archie holiday stories appeared in such flagship titles as ARCHIE, PEP and LAUGH. The positive response was so overwhelming that soon an entire series was devoted to stories of holiday cheer and good will: ARCHIE'S CHRISTMAS STOCKING! Now you can relive the magic, warmth and hilarity as Archie and his friends show their holiday spirit in this s...